8/3/10

disabled veterans' picnic

a couple of them in chairs,and all of thembent and twistedinto variousmangled states,some with canes,and all with a hobble,or a shuffle,having lefttheir agility and who knows what else,in a jungleon the other side of the world,decades ago;today, they are broughtin a Veterans Administration vanto MattapoisettVeterans Memorial Parkat Ned's Pointfor a picnicin the sunshinenext to the harbor;I tell one of theircaretakers how inspiringit is to see them,and I remind him thathe has job security, sincewe are creating a wholenew generation of them.